Spurs New Dawn

Spurs New Dawn

Daniel Levy has taken Spurs to within touching distance of a new dawn

Hello once again from the blog that actually supports Tottenham and takes the time to understand matters. Today we look at Daniel Levy taking Tottenham to within touching distance of a new dawn.

Money dictates success, to be more accurate wages dictate success.

Like it or not, that is a proven statistic

Every Premier League title but one (25 out of 26) has been won by teams with a higher income and wage budget than Spurs. That is a plain fact. It is indisputable.

The two options, therefore, are to increase our income to compete financially and then therefore on the pitch or assemble to a team that performs above their wage level, a team assembled on the cheap if you like.

The path we have chosen is both but it is one that will alter as our income grows. We have been trying to sign top players this window, Matthijs de Ligt for instance as a replacement for Toby Alferweireld.

Ajax refused to sell him for another year and we refused to sell Alderweireld without getting Anthony Martial in return. I suspect we will be back in for de Ligt next summer when we will be in a stronger financial position, yes one season is going to make a difference.

I suspect we will go back in for Anthony Martial, perhaps in January, perhaps next summer and it wouldn't surprise me if we went after Jack Grealish in January either.

The UEFA Champions League has been won for the last 14 years at least by a team with one of the top six wage budgets in Europe. Nobody else wins it.

The FA Cup has been won 9 times in the last 10 years by a team with greater income and a higher wage bill than ours (Chelsea 4, Arsenal 3, Man City 1, Man Utd 1 and Wigan).

It has been won 18 times in the last 20 years by teams with a greater income and greater wage bill than ours (Chelsea 6, Arsenal 6, Manchester United 3, Liverpool 2, Manchester City 1, Wigan, Portsmouth).

It has been won 26 times out of the last 30 years by a club with greater income and a greater wage bill than us (Arsenal 9, Chelsea 7, Manchester United 6, Liverpool 3, Manchester City 1, Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Wigan, Portsmouth).

Thee are facts, not opinions.

That's 70 trophies and 65 of them won by teams with a greater income and greater wage bill than us.

Indisputable facts.

Unless you have your head stuck in the sand, what more proof do you need!


Our income HAS to increase to win trophies on a regular basis.

While you were all bleating about we must win things this year, Daniel Levy and the board set out a long-term vision to address that income imbalance and have us competing on a level playing field financially.

Football is about winning trophies is the bleat, ys, but football today is about having the money to win trophies and under Financial Fair Play that has to be income generated by the club, not from a Sugar Daddy. UEFA stopped that, clubs have to be self-sufficient, owners have to loan money that has to be repaid and it can't be spent on players and wages.

There is a new stadium on the horizon, we have an NFL tie-up which we hope will develop into a money spinner. The new stadium will close the gap on our rivals.

Income figures from the accounts last released by the top six.
Tottenham £306m
Liverpool £364m
Chelsea £368m
Arsenal £427m
Manchester City £473m
Manchester United £581m

When we receive the income from the new stadium we will catch Chelsea and Liverpool, BUT, we need to retain UEFA Champions League football while we pay for the new stadium. Like it or not, the income and exposure from the Champions League is important, it generates further commercial and sponsorship income, which pays the wages which enable trophy winning.

That is what Daniel Levy and Mauricio Pochettino ate building.

That goal is far more important than a trophy last season, or this. Players are not stupid, they can see what is happening, they can see that next season we will be on the cusp.

It is still going to take some excellent management to pay for a stadium and continue to build a team with quality, but it is within touching distance. Blowing that by blowing cash isn't the way forward, not when we are so close.

Next summer is the big summer for Spurs, not this summer. We retained everyone, we retained the third best team in the country, who are still improving.

If you can't see what is staring you in the eyes then are not much of a supporter in my book. This is a time when we should be full of enjoyment, this is a season where qualifying for the UCL is vital, it must be the goal beyond any other goal, yes even winning a trophy.

Why?

Because it puts us in the position we need to be next summer. A Champions League side with the income to compete with Chelsea and Liverpool in the transfer market and close the all-important wages gap, although not completely yet.

Enjoy these time. What Daniel Levy is achieving is outstanding, taking a broke club and building it while virtually everyone else around us have either stagnated or gone backwards.

We now have the infrastructure and are developing the income to take our place at the top table for lasting success, thanks to a vision and thanks to the man many of you want rid of.

REMINDER: 65 out of 70 trophies won by sides with a greater income and therefore higher wage bill than we can afford.

That, quite frankly, is plain stupidity.

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